Lot 17
  • 17

Dadamaino

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 EUR
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Description

  • Dadamaino
  • Volume a moduli sfasati
  • firmato, intitolato e datato 1960 sul telaio
  • plastiche fustellate sovrapposte
  • cm 100x100
  • Eseguito nel 1960

Provenance

Opera acquistata dall'attuale proprietario direttamente dall'artista nel 1994

Condition

This work appears to be in generally good overall condition. There are two tiny traces of white varnish towards the upper left margin. There are traces of scattered dust between the overlapping meth-acrylate sheets and the lower stretcher. There are 3 traces of yellowing by the wood knurls of the lower stretcher and 1 of the right upper stretcher. Colours are warmer compared to catalogue illustration
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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Catalogue Note

Lotto in temporanea importazione artistica

The item has been imported under temporary artistic importation licence

"Quindi i Volumi a moduli sfasati in cui alla carta subentra la plastica. Sono fogli molto sottili di acetato, posti uno sull’altro, che vengono forati con un’operazione precisa e metodica, a intervalli regolari, tramite una fustella.
Nel suo lavoro la leggerezza non è certo leggerezza di contenuti: è densa, pregna di significati. Il suo è un cammino pacato, fatto di tappe, di esiti, di soste, di meditazione, di lentezze per giungere all’assenza, testimone di una presenza oltre a cui si rimanda."

Angela Madesani, Dadamaino – L’Assoluta leggerezza dell’essere

"Then plastic replaces the paper of volume forms in which the paper is un-even. These are very thin sheets of acetate papers laid one on top of the other, pierced in a very methodical and precise way with a socket punch at regular breaks. In her work, lightness is certainly not conceived as the lightness of contents: it is thick and rich of meanings. Her is a calm path, made of phases, results, pauses, meditation, slowness to reach the absence, witness of a presence to which it refers."